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This post will touch a few basic details on the components present in VMM SSP 2.0. If you have...
Date: 09/01/2010
Sometimes you might observe an error while you are trying to peform certain operations in the...
Date: 09/01/2010
Help build a private cloud with Microsoft System Center! Customers are looking to cloud-based...
Date: 07/21/2010
The SharePoint Asset Inventory Tool has been discontinued. The Solution Accelerator team makes...
Date: 02/16/2009
The wide availability of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and the explosive popularity of...
Date: 08/15/2008
Known Issues with Microsoft Deployment RC1 – October 25, 2007 The development team has isolated...
Date: 10/25/2007
Microsoft Deployment is available as an open beta download. Join the Microsoft Deployment Connection...
Date: 10/25/2007
Hello folks, Now, with DCM done, I have moved on to the Deployment team that released BDD 2007 in...
Date: 08/07/2007
Here are some troubleshooting steps that you might want to perform for a successful DCM deployment /...
Date: 02/22/2007
Hello, I have got several requests regarding the File System data source properties and what they...
Date: 02/22/2007
Overview Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) 2.0...
Date: 10/26/2006
There was a known issue in Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) Solution Accelerator v 1.0 where...
Date: 09/29/2006
In DCM v 2.0, the functionality of the XMLToDCMTransfer DTS package has been altered. In the current...
Date: 09/28/2006
DCM v2.0 automates the configuration management audits between desired or defined configuration...
Date: 09/18/2006
Alpha Tech Solutions has recently released training for SMS 2003 DCM and they also offer an...
Date: 07/19/2006
Visit https://connect.microsoft.com to register for the DCM Configuration Manifest Beta program! This...
Date: 04/11/2006
The Solutions for Infrastructure and Management team in the Core Infrastructure Solutions group...
Date: 04/11/2006
The Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution Accelerator (DCM Solution) comes with two DTS...
Date: 04/04/2006
While executing the DCM Command line wrapper (also called the DCM Engine) on a server, you might...
Date: 03/22/2006
The Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution (DCM Solution) ignores any rules under a Setting if...
Date: 03/21/2006
You might run into a Management Exception while executing the DCM Command Line Wrapper (also called...
Date: 03/19/2006
The DCM Engine (also called the DCM Command Line Wrapper), DCMCmd.exe, requires the following...
Date: 03/18/2006
It has become a common concern about how to maintain different versions of manifests used with the...
Date: 03/18/2006
The Desired Configuration Monitoring Solution (DCM Solution) ignores any rules under a Setting if...
Date: 03/17/2006
Visit https://connect.microsoft.com to register for the DCM Configuration Manifest Beta program! This...
Date: 02/17/2006
As you are already aware, the DCM Solution comes out of the box with four out-of-compliance and ten...
Date: 02/15/2006
Rule-referencing is one of the most helpful features in the DCM Solution which can help you frame...
Date: 02/14/2006
The diagram below gives an overview of the DCM Solution architecture. This post basically explains...
Date: 02/12/2006
In the current version of the DCM Solution, when a Setting is not found, all the rules under that...
Date: 02/11/2006
Its pretty easy to get into a situation where you would like to run the DCM Solution on a server for...
Date: 02/11/2006
This post helps you figure out how to check if Auto Update is enabled on a server! Well, Auto Update...
Date: 02/09/2006
The DCM Command Line Wrapper supports a few command line switches. Following are the list of...
Date: 02/08/2006
There might be several scenarios where you might want to check if a particular value lies within a...
Date: 02/07/2006
This article describes how to check if Windows Firewall is enabled on all the LAN Connections on a...
Date: 02/03/2006
DCM is case-sensitive! Having said that, what aspects of DCM are case-sensitive? The tags in the xml...
Date: 02/03/2006
If you look at the Rule creation screen in the DCM Authoring tool, you will see that the DCM UI tool...
Date: 02/02/2006
Well, there can be several reasons why the data is not being shown in the DCM Reports. DCM Reporting...
Date: 02/01/2006
How many times would you have wanted to check if a certain hot fix or a Service Pack is installed on...
Date: 02/01/2006
Many a times you would have a need to check if a particular service is running. With the DCM...
Date: 02/01/2006
Building a manifest using the DCM Solution is pretty easy. It’s no rocket science. If you can follow...
Date: 02/01/2006
Well, there are no baseline templates (also called configuration templates or manifests) available...
Date: 02/01/2006
This is one of the most frequently asked questions about the Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM)...
Date: 02/01/2006
Many people keep asking me about the rule creation in the DCM Solution! Hence I thought, may be if I...
Date: 02/01/2006
Overview Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring is a powerful...
Date: 01/31/2006